Dortmund vs Eintracht Frankfurt Prediction & Preview - Bundesliga
The question hanging over Borussia Dortmund vs Eintracht Frankfurt is whether Dortmund can actually punish a defence that has already been taken apart once this month. Dortmund have conceded four goals in their last six matches. Frankfurt conceded six in a single afternoon at RB Leipzig. The Bundesliga fixture kicks off at Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund on Saturday, 24 October 2026 at 17:30 BST.
Niko Kovač's side are the tighter team by a distance. They are also the one that keeps drawing games it should win.
- Fixture: Borussia Dortmund vs Eintracht Frankfurt
- Competition: Bundesliga
- Date: Saturday, 24 October 2026
- Kick-off: 17:30 BST
- Venue: Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund
- Match page: Borussia Dortmund vs Eintracht Frankfurt predictions
Dortmund have the defence and not the goals
Borussia Dortmund have taken 11 points from their last six matches, winning three, drawing two and losing one, with three clean sheets in that run. Only one of those six games saw them concede two or more. That is the foundation of their season.
The problem is at the other end. Eight goals in six, and they failed to score in two of them, including a flat 0-0 away at 1. FC Union Berlin 7 days before this match. The 2-2 draw at home with SV Werder Bremen was the other dropped afternoon. At home they have won one of their last two.
They come into this four days after a 2-1 win away to Sabah FK in the UEFA Champions League, their second away win in four on the road.
Frankfurt are either very good or nowhere
Eintracht Frankfurt have 10 points from their last six and the swing inside that number is extraordinary. A 0-6 defeat away to RB Leipzig 14 days before this match, then a 1-0 home win over 1. FC Köln 8 days before it. Before that, a 1-4 home loss to FC Augsburg and a 3-1 win away at 1. FSV Mainz 05.
Eleven scored, 13 conceded. Three or more goals in the game in five of their last six, and they have conceded two or more in three of six. Nothing about Adi Hütter's team settles into a pattern, which is exactly why a trip to Dortmund is hard to call rather than straightforward.
Away from home they have won one of their last two.
The last meeting went to five goals
The only previous meeting of these two in our records came 169 days before this one, on 8 May 2026, when Borussia Dortmund beat Eintracht Frankfurt 3-2 at home in the Bundesliga. That is the counter-argument to Dortmund's scoring drought: against this opposition, on this ground, they found three.
Team news for Dortmund and Frankfurt
Dortmund are without Konstantinos Karetsas, who picked up a ligament injury in his foot against 1. FC Union Berlin. Sporting director Lars Ricken confirmed it, saying "Kos has a ligament injury in his foot. He won't be travelling to Baku and will also miss Saturday's match against Frankfurt" (Yahoo Sports). Emre Can, Giannis Konstantelias and Justin Lerma are also listed as injured for Dortmund, with Jessic Ngankam and Malik Pimpong out for Frankfurt (Khel Now). Hütter, who returned to Frankfurt in May 2026 on a contract to 2029 (Bundesliga), was blunt after Leipzig: "Bite, scratch, pinch. We're simply too easy to play against for many opponents at the moment" (Get German Football News).
Borussia Dortmund vs Eintracht Frankfurt prediction
We expect Borussia Dortmund to beat Eintracht Frankfurt 2-1 in the Bundesliga at Signal Iduna Park on Saturday, 24 October 2026. Dortmund have conceded four goals in their last six and Frankfurt have conceded 13 in theirs, and that gap is wider than anything Dortmund's thin scoring record can close on its own.
Frankfurt score, though. They have gone 3 or more goals in the game in five of their last six, and the May meeting between these sides finished 3-2. A clean sheet for Dortmund feels like the least likely version of this.
Our prediction: Borussia Dortmund 2-1 Eintracht Frankfurt
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